There are 29 states where the number of new cases of COVID-19 is rising and 12 states where the number is falling in the U.S., as of 7:24 a.m. CDT June 25, according to The New York Times.
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Florida reported 5,508 new cases of the novel coronavirus June 24, its highest single-day jump in cases to date, CNBC reports.
In July, the Federal Communications Commission will formally designate the three-digit number 988 for the national suicide prevention hotline, according to CNN.
New research suggests that national protests against police brutality after a Black man was killed in Minneapolis police custody have not resulted in a spike in new COVID-19 cases, CNN reports.
Yakima, Wash.-based Virginia Mason Memorial officials said they had not met bed capacity June 23, citing miscommunication with local health officials over a previous statement saying the hospital had run out of beds, according to ABC affiliate KVEW.
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A county in Oregon is exempting people of color from its directive to wear face masks in public if they are worried about racial profiling or harassment.
HHS will help address COVID-19 health disparities through a $40 million collaboration with Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta.
COVID-19 hospitalizations reached record levels in seven states this week amid continued surges in many parts of the South and West.
Two out of 5 people whose partner lost their job or who became jobless themselves because of the pandemic said their health coverage was tied to the affected job, according to a study from The Commonwealth Fund.
Earlier in the pandemic, new outbreaks of the coronavirus were centered in nursing homes, prisons and meatpacking plants. Now clusters of outbreaks are emerging in bars and churches as the country enters a new phase of the pandemic, The New…